The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) must ensure that students who work during the summer and the Christmas season are paid within the 11-day period required under the law, Vice President Jejomar Binay said on Tuesday.

Binay’s camp had noted the delay in the release of DOLE’s 40-percent share in the payment for working students under the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) in 2013.

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